I had such high hopes for Paranormal Nation: Why America Needs Ghosts, UFOs and Bigfoot, by Marc E. Fitch (2013). I found it in an academic library, it was hefty, […]
Category: Books
You were OK until the part on acupuncture: Book review
The Undercover Philosopher: A Guide to Detecting Shams, Lies and Delusions by M. Philips I’m just going to do a quick review on this book which started out promising, lost […]
The 1988 US Army commissioned report on Enhancing Human Performance
It was news to me that back in 1985, the US Army commissioned an analysis of certain techniques that were proposed to enhance human performance. The Army Research Institute asked […]
Deliver me from another ridiculous “demons everywhere” story – Book Review
A review of Deliver Us from Evil, R. Sarchie with L.C. Cool I shall cut to the main point. I didn’t set out to read this one. I saw it […]
Rock and roll and the occult – A Book Review
Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll by Peter Berbegal (2014) Saved it from what? I’m not clear. From “sugary teenybopper purgatory”? Meh. I don’t think […]
Book reviews: Fall 2014
Since my last book review, I’ve downed a couple more. I can’t manage to review everything but here is a rundown: Ghosts, E. Russell (1970) This book was recommended to […]
America’s most hyped haunts – Book Review
America’s Most Haunted: The Secrets of Famous Paranormal Places By Theresa Argie and Eric Olsen (2014) There are books that people will love that others will hate for entirely distinct […]
Beware the prowling ghost (Book Review)
Regarding paranormal research, there is no comparison between the work that comes out in print (paper or digital) and the mostly crap posted online from paranormal groups or the media. […]
A Bigfoot book that is incredibly relevant 30 years later
Once again, I’ve finally gotten around to a classic cryptozoology text. MAN! I missed out on this one for so many years. John Napier’s Bigfoot: The Yeti and Sasquatch in […]
The long and short of The Making of Bigfoot
This is a brief review of Greg Long’s Making of Bigfoot. I don’t have the extra time or feel it’s worth the effort at this point to write much in […]
Imagineering cryptids: The Cryptozoologicon (Book review)
It’s not been the best year for the fans of real live cryptids. Not only did we NOT find Bigfoot again, we had a better explanation for the Yeti, and […]
Speculative paleozoology done by professionals (Book Review)
Last night, I simply could not read any technical stuff before bed so I browsed my Kindle looking for some entertaining reading. The thing is, I don’t really do much […]
From the Amish to Voodoo: Unusual comparative religion (Book Review)
It is my opinion that public school children should be taught a class in comparative religion. I recall a cursory review of the history of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism […]
Chronicle of the Lizard Man (Book Review)
I really enjoyed Lyle Blackburn’s previous book, The Legend of Boggy Creek (reviewed here), so I had to get my hands on his next one about the Lizard Man of […]
Reality Check: We all need it (Book review)
There are some writers for which you know pretty much exactly what you are going to get. Donald R. Prothero is one of those writers. I expect a well-researched, comprehensive […]
American gypsy psychics: Book review
I was enticed to read this book, American Gypsy, by Oksana Marafioti, after the Rose Marks trial. Marks was from an infamous Romani family who had repeatedly been charged and […]
Arrogant ignorance In the Name of God: Book Review
Christian Science-based faith healing communities in U.S. today are failures of their own self-destructive ideas. At least that’s the conclusion you can’t help but make when a group sacrifices their […]
Cryptozoology treated as zoology – Shadows of Existence (Book review)
Speculating can be fun. But it’s nicer when you aren’t making stuff up out of thin air based on wishful thinking. Scientific underpinning is comforting. That’s why I liked Shadows […]
Definitive guide to the Fouke monster – Beast of Boggy Creek (Book review)
About two months ago, it was time for me to finally watch the classic “Bigfoot” movie, The Legend of Boggy Creek. All I remembered hearing about it was that there […]
Strange Pennsylvania Monsters: Book Review by a strange PA monsters aficionado
Strange Pennsylvania Monsters by Michael Newton (Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2012) is the second book of this type that I’ve read and reviewed. It is considerably better than 2011’s Monsters of Pennsylvania […]